Misc Traditional – Trail Of The Buffalo (Guitar)
Key
-
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Em C Em It was in the town of Griffin’ in the year of '73 Em C Em When a well-known, famous drover came a-steppin' up to me Em C G C/G G F# Saying, How do you do, young cowboy, and how'd you like to go Em C Em And spend the summer pleasantly on the Range of the buffalo Em C Em Me being out of work right then, to this drover I did say Em C Em This going out on the buffalo range depends upon your pay Em C G C/G F# But if you will pay good wages, transportation to and from Em C Em I think I might go with you all the way to the buffalo Em C Em I will pay good wages, and transportation too Em C Em If you'll agree to work for me until the season's through Em C G C/G G F# But if you do get homesick and try to run away Em C Em You'll starve to die on the buffalo range and also lose your pay Em C Em With all this flattering talking, he signed up quite a train Em C Em Some ten or twelve in number, some able-bodied men Em C G C/G F# Our trip it was a pleasant one as we hit the westward road Em C Em Untill we reached old Boggy Creek in the Hills Of Mexico Em C Em There our pleasures ended and our troubles they begun Em C Em A lightning storm it hit us and it made the cattle run Em C G C/G G F# Got all full of stickers from the cactus that did grow Em C Em Outlaws waiting to pick us Up from the hills of Mexico Em C Em Soon we ran out of Patience and we ate only meat Em C Em The hardships on the prairie, they make your poor heart Bleed Em C G C/G G F# couldn't drink the water, oh boys it was no Go Em C Em Outlaws of The Prairie On The hills of the buffalo. Em C Em Well, the working season ended but the drover would not pay Em C Em He said "You boys went and drunk too much, you're all in debt to me" Em C G C/G G F# But the cowboys never did hear of such a thing as a bankrupt law Em C Em So we left that drover's bones to bleach in the hills of the buffalo Em C Em Now we crossed Pease River, and homeward we are bound Em C C No more on the buffalo range will we ever be found Em C G C/G G F# Go home to our wives and sweethearts and tell others not to go Em C Em For God has forsaken the buffalo range and the damned old buffalo Em C Em For God has forsaken the Buffalo range and the damned Old Buffalo.